Time keeps flying, like birds in flocks
Across the mountains, fields and rocks
O’er meadows wide midst giant hills
With rapid rivers, rushing rills
How wonderful to hear the sound
Of nature spreading all around
Be sure, our God is always there
To save each from this dark despair
Oh blesséd Lord, You do not fail
And with Your help, all will avail!
Now I have had a thousand dreams
And planned at least a hundred schemes
I’ve wished perhaps five hundred more
Before I close life’s final door.
I’ve tried so hard to not pretend
That I know how my days will end
Ere I have had the time to leave
Instructions as to how you grieve.
Remember me please, If you do
But only of my love for you
I can not ask for some thing more
Except, my dear, just one encore !
The wind blows wild and plays a song
I’d like to learn to hum along,
It isn’t hard to sing a tune
With words that rhyme like June and moon.
Such mirth it brings to wonder this
And to imagine youth’s first kiss,
I wish that I might be again
That girl I was away back when
The thrill of love and sweet romance
Could offer me a happy chance !
See sunlight streaming through the trees
While leaves are swaying in the breeze
The morning air’s so fresh and cool
The rising sun shines like a jewel
Oh what a great day this will be
A gift from our own Diety,
God bless us all as we arise
Let’s pray this day’s full of surprise !
What is it that I’m searching for
Will I unearth the hidden door
That leads to God’s exotic place
Wherein one finds His secret space ?
Thus live my life without the pain
Of losing those I love again
Seek help from God high on His perch
Beg Him to aid me in my search !
My eyes are full of wonder
My heart so wild with glee
What is this spell I’m under
How does it affect me ?
I’m a child who loves my God
And wishing all I could
That most lives are not that hard
And mercy’s understood !
AMEN.
What is it we are waiting for
The peace of God to use our door,
To enter in and take the space
Reserved for His Eternal Grace ?
How can it be this world’s destroyed
And of all fairness, now devoid
While angels weep and rain their tears
Upon this place, too full of fears ?
Where do we turn to reach You, Lord
That we may be of one accord
Oh, dearest God please help us find
The path that to Your Heart unwinds !
Oh blessed Lord, accept my plea
Grant me the strength to set me free
Open my eyes that I may see
The love and care You’ve offered me.
I am Your servant meek and mild
Your aged and obedient child
I give to You all I possess
My dreams and hopes, my happiness !
There remains certain moments we encounter every day
When we are at our leisure and the world’s prepared to pray
Aft the silence has been broken and eventide occurs
And times spent all together aren’t his or aren’t hers .
When all our simple pleasures are aligned there side by side
And the honeymoon is over without some silly pride
May the Good Lord take the measure of tasks already done
Guaranteeing life’s diversion twist happiness and fun !
THANX TO SECOND CHANCES
The words appear, they fade away
Or pause to dare another day
They fill the air and dissipate
Some came early and could not wait .
A world of waste and moments lost
This old age which disaster costs
Then ring the bell and make great noise
Pretend to gain some senile poise.
Reach out , reach out , what fear have we
Too late to change each destiny !
Now I have dreamt a dream or two
And spent a lifetime loving you
I’ve prayed and hoped we two would be
Together through eternity !
It seems each road shall have an end
Without a lover or a friend
The seasons change or pass away
And move on by, day after day
The stars above fade aft each night
And disappear in morning’s light.
The sun will break its fast at dawn
While we are left to carry on
How lonely that one lifetime seems
With out its history and dreams
As all pass into the oblique
Deserting every quest we seek !
Dear Lord above please set us free
From much of life’s indignity
Please teach us now how to survive
These terrors which all seem to thrive
Be thoughtful of each act performed
And to the rules try to conform.
Be kind to those who are alone
And left to linger on their own
Beg God remember everyone
Whose suffering is not yet done
Protect us Lord from daily fright
With rising sun to closing night !
Take a good look around and tell me what you see
The beauty that is God’s and life’s infinity
Please hold me by the hand and teach me how to pray
Help me to love God and to worship Him each day !
AMEN.
Outside the window the world awaits
For the Lord to raise the pearly gates
And for all the clouds to disappear
Before we have spent half of the year
The time has arrived and gone away
To leave us bereft and in dismay.
Dear Lord above forgive us our sin
Open our hearts and welcome God in
May we forever live in the glow
Of every wonder God has to show !
Oh little child who dotes on sweets
With dancing shoes attached to cleats
Black patent taps that click away
And to the world new steps display.
This child to theatre newly brought
With skills and talents often sought
Hear now the sound of tapping feet
Proceed to stage, steps and the street.
How shall we serve our Lord the best
Accepting every sort of test
And understanding as we do
That all we are belongs to You !
So many words spring from the pain
That is attacking me again,
Oh, how I wish one day to be
From all of this forever free !
Oh wind that breaks upon the waves
And breeze that shares each morning’s gaze
Teach me to chant a pirate song
That I to seafaring belong.
Oh save my heart from lonesomeness
While all my handicaps confess
Help me to strive for constancy
And all my weaknesses foresee.
Hand me the light that I might shine
It’s endless glow on yours and mine
God let us put our toys away
Make ready for our Judgement Day !
My heart calls out His holy name
And searches for the way He came
To Calvary onto the cross
To suffer there man’s greatest loss,
But who am I to question why
The Son of God was born to die !
Our Father who abides on high
His wisdom reigns down from the sky
Have pity on the earth below
Where man and beast do ebb and flow
We crave Your Help and Tender Care
For soon there will be nothing there.
If man could but sustain his faith
Arising o’er the power of wraith
To triumph and reclaim his right
Hence revel in his God’s delight
Achieve that goal before one dies
Upon God’s help whence love resides !
Too soon, my Lord, I give and share
For You, my dreams of hope and care
Begin and end in joyful praise
I beg of You, Your peaceful ways.
Protect me Lord, I’ll ask no more
Than that Your heart’s an open door
That offers me a final choice,
Lift up my heart and hear my voice !
AMEN
Oh blessed Lord, do hear my plea
Have pity on a child like me
I am Your servant sad and low
That folows ever where You go
I wait Your Word with rapid breath
For I am Yours until my death.
There is no day without Your Light
Nor any love that shines so bright
The angels sing Your praise on high
Their voices reaching for the sky
The flutter of their wings is heard
They echo every single word.
I love You Lord and always will
Until earth’s sounds at last are still !
There was a street that I used to know
When I was a girl so long ago
With an old house that had three large floors
Lots of windows and quite a few doors.
Dozens of roses, black iron torch
Both back yard and front, plus a great porch
Tomatoes, peppers, carnations too
A home full of love much overdue
As I’ve wandered down memory’s lane
Couldn’t help singing a glad refrain
Reminding myself God loves us all
Whether we’re skinny, fat, short or tall !
Oh sad the day the Christ did die
And bid this world His last goodbye
He suffered there upon the cross
While the whole world endured the loss.
God’s darkness fell that distant day
And since then has not passed away
We’re ready Lord, and waiting here
For You at last to reappear !
AMEN.
There she is our Lady Liberty
Symbol of this safe home of the free
She’s the grandest of all that we sight
There in the Harbor each day and night.
She spurs us on to do greater things
Like prayers we say and hymns we sing
We’ll join our hearts and hands together
Through pleasant days or stormy weather.
Let’s ask our God to protect us all
In case old Satan decides to call !
I’d like to think that I recall
The tender years when I was small,
I sat upon my grandpa’s knee
And snuggled while he read to me.
There was a story I loved best
Both head and shoulders o’er the rest
About the night our Christ was born
And how the world rejoiced that morn
As angels sang and skies did glow
The world did kneel and honor show.
God placed His star high in the sky
With earth to note its passing by,
His promise of eternal peace
And from all sin, at last release !
AMEN.
Man cannot live without a dream
Believing elsewise is extreme
How difficult without a cause
Our lives are dull and lack applause
There is a vision all do need
To raise each up, to help succeed
We have a God, be not afraid
He is our Friend, our Help, our Aid
And in the end when life seems done
Tis when our journey’s just begun !
When I was small and but a child
I spoke in manner sweet and mild
Twas not a time of angry ways
For kindness dwelt in all our days.
We spared each other any pain
Determined to help and explain
Our words displayed the constant grace
Of honesty while face to face.
How clever that our role should be
To echo God’s integrity
And live with honor all our days
To seek God’s love and sing His Praise !
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Claire V. Bogdanos 